Dear Gavin,
Thank you for the quick and courteous reply.
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>>I have found that parts of my own website have been "lifted" by other webmasters, a Spanish author who didn't ask but did mention Snr. Hamilton in the credits (but got the URL wrong), it is mentioned in a Brazilian book about articulated steam locomotives (with the correct URL) and information has been used by a UK magazine without prior permission. In each case I would have given assent to the use as long as credit was given. I have deliberately made the pictures too low resolution for publication purposes.
>>There have been several cases that I know of where publications and organisations, both commercial and governmental, have taken pictures from the internet and used them without, at the very least, credit being given. I've got to the stage where I'm giving serious consideration to "water marking" all the pictures on my site - probably with the words "some thieving b*stard stole this image from....."
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This seems to be a growing problem not only in the internet but amongst those who are supposed researchers and aspiring narrow gauge authors.
Materials that are innocently loaned years before with great makings on the back of photograph (i.e. not for publication, property of so-and-so's collection, etc.) get turned into sometimes strange and erroneous articles and the original loaner is either thoroughly embarassed or explantions to be made to the original museum or collection it came from.
I know of several people that collect old photographs of the West of military installations, Indians, settlers, ranchers, etc. that have been putting a watermark logo on the front to give some idea where these photos come from when they show up later on a website or publication.
Second thing I have been noting from the hobby fraternity (and it is not only narrow gaugers) has been the constant demands to "feed me" like baby birds, new information. If we are tired of sharing because there is no thanks or even an acknowledgment of the effort on your part towards another researcher.
From my own experience, I recently burned a CD of dozens of pictures of Tipis and accountrements (another of my interests) for a woman who was researching a tipi book and did not even get the acknowledgment or thanks for the effort.
I think "Confetti Man" is just in some way tired of the rabble feeling cheated if they are not fed constantly all the time.
Another spike (or bone) to chew on.
btw...give the kitty some more bread...
cheers,
Craig LeVay
